Publications: Special Warfare
Special Warfare is an authorized, official bimonthly publication of the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, N.C. Its mission is to promote the professional development of special-operations forces by providing a forum for the examination of established doctrine and new ideas.
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319 hits
04.04.2013
Special Warfare April-June 2013
90 hits
04.04.2013
2013 Academic Course Guide
2,656 hits
01.16.2013
Waging Special Warfare in Africa: The Case for Integrated Engagement; Military Information Support Operations in the Tran-Sahel; Military Information Support to Contingency Operations in Libya; Special Operations in Africa; Q&A with Colonel John... more
1,585 hits
10.01.2012
ARSOF's Persistent Engagement in SOC-South; Ahead of the Guns; ARSOF in Colombia; Career Notes; From the Commandant; Fuerzas Commando; OEF-CCA; Out of the Andean Ridge; Plan Colombia and Coca Production
1,483 hits
07.15.2012
Conflict With China: Prospects, Consequences and Strategies for Deterrence; JSOTF-P Uses Whole-of-Nation Approach to Bring Stability to the Philippines; Continuity in the Chinese Mind for War; The Challenge fo China and ARSOF's Role; Leaning to... more
1,842 hits
04.01.2012
Social Media and Unconventional Warfare; Breaking the Stigma of Behavioral Healthcare; Q&A with USSOCOM Commander Admiral McRaven; Special Operations Command Europe; CA Forces in CENTCOM; SOC (Forward) Lebanon - SOF Campaigning Left of the Line;... more
1,455 hits
01.03.2012
Lights Out; Q&A with Brigadier General Darsie Rogers; Foreign Internal Defene in Iraq: ARSOF Core Tasks Enable Iraqi Combating Terrorism Capability; Eight Years of Combat FID: A Retrospective on SF in Iraq; Through and With: Reintegration in... more
1,145 hits
10.01.2011
Out of Africa; Game Changers; Q&A with Brig. Gen. Edward M. Reeder, Jr.; Thinking MISO: Linking Strategy to Selection; SOF Leader Resources: The UW Auxiliary at Home; Forecasting the Future of Afghanistan
2,636 hits
07.01.2011
Village Stability Operations: More than Village Defense; The Green Beret Volckmann Program; 4th and Long: The Role of Civil Affairs in VSO; The Nuts and Bolks of Village Stability Operations; Taking a Stand: VSO and the Afghan Local Police;... more
1,379 hits
03.17.2011
Defining War; Special Operations as a Warfighting Function; The Future of MISO; 3rd Special Forces Group dedicates memorial walk; MAVNI Soldiers look to join U.S. SOF elite; SAS Secret War: Operation Storm in the Middle East
1,386 hits
03.01.2011
Building for the future; Lethal weapon; The big picture; Expanding the UW reach
795 hits
11.01.2010
Operational Connectivity; A Few Good Men: Support Soldier Selection and Training; A Perspective on Special Forces Doctrine
616 hits
09.01.2010
Context and Capabilities in Irregular Warfare; Degree Programs; Applying Knowledge Management to Special Operations; Into Haiti
753 hits
07.01.2010
A Flexible Force; Practice Makes Perfect; Navigating the Human Terrain; On the Border
607 hits
05.01.2010
Trauma Training; Preparing for Hybrid Threats; Persistent Engagement: CMSEs Operating in the CENTCOM AOR; Back to His Roots
830 hits
03.01.2010
The Great UW Debate; Effective Use of FID Expands SF Influence; The Lion, the Starfish and the Spider
854 hits
01.01.2010
Connecting to the Populace; OEF Philippines: Thinking COIN, Practicing FID; Streamlining the Process
378 hits
11.01.2009
Integrating the Rule of Law With FID in Iraq; Fitness of the Warrant Officer Force at 40; Army Executive Irregular Warfare Conference Charts Army's Path; Basic Instinct: Moving Combatives Training Forward
565 hits
09.01.2009
Working Relationships; Cracking the Code on Measures of Effectiveness; Ramping Up for Irregular Warfare; State of Chaos; Honing Medical Skills
313 hits
07.01.2009
SOF vs. SOF-Like; Psychological Operatiosn and the Principles of War; Going Tribal; Hearts and Minds as Targets; Mapping the War on Terror
351 hits
05.01.2009
From the Ground Up; Warrant Officers Celebrate 25 Years of Continuity; Out of the Box; Training Management vs. Mission Planning; Unconvetional Education
522 hits
03.01.2009
Welcome from the Jungle; Operational Analysis; Reconceptualizing the 2006 QDR Threat Categories; Robin Sage; By the Book
328 hits
01.01.2009
Character and the Special Forces Soldier; Opportunities for ARSOF Education at Fort Leavenworth; Cliffhanger; Tribal Engagement in Afghanistan; Training and Educating the Army's Newest CMF; Relief in Place
348 hits
11.01.2008
Cleared Hot; The Sky's the Limit: The Future of Military Free-Fall Equipment; Silent Entrance; Hitting the Ground with Coalition Forces; Measuring PSYOP Effectiveness
337 hits
09.01.2008
Analytic Support to Intelligence in Counterinsurgencies; Into Africa; Training for Uncertainty
245 hits
07.01.2008
Counterterror Coordinator; Not Your Team Sergeant's ANCOC; Strategic Employment of SOF in an unconventional warfare environment; Delivering the Message; ARSOFU: Keeping the Force Connect
467 hits
05.01.2008
Building Nation Builders; Team Enabler; Total Transformation; Memorial Tribute; Operationalizing Intelligence; Shooters and Thinkers; Ground Truth
226 hits
03.01.2008
Fighting Lawfare; Civil Affairs SUpport to the Surge; Meeting the Standards
261 hits
01.01.2008
Integrating Intelligence with Operations; ARSOF, General Purpose Forces and FID: Who Does What, Where and When?; The Advisory Challenge
263 hits
11.01.2007
Agile Sustainment; Militaris: Is There a Role for Them in U.S. Foreign Policy?; GWOT 2.0: Capitalizing on experience Gained
234 hits
09.01.2007
ARSOFLO Supports Unit-Level Language Training for Contingency Operations; Foal eagle Puts Green Berets' Langugage Skills to the Test; A Historical Look at the Psychological Role of Special Forces; SF and the Art of Influence; Breaking the Afghan... more
457 hits
07.01.2007
It Takes a Village to Counter an Insurgency; The Anatomy of an Insurgency; Taming the Tagab Valley; Developing Adaptive Leaders
312 hits
05.01.2007
The Doctor is In; UW Support to Irregular Warfare and the Global War on Terrorism; Guerrillas in the Midst; The Right Stuff
203 hits
03.01.2007
Oil Spot: Spreading Security to Counter Insurgency; Defining War: New Doctrinal Definitions of Irregular, Conventional and Unconventional Warfare; Digging Deeper; ARAC: Transforming the Way Soldiers Think
224 hits
01.01.2007
From the Ashes of the Phoenix; Know Your Enemy; Religious Factors Analysis
267 hits
11.01.2006
Religion: Missing Dimension in Mission Planning; Defeating the Idea: Unconventional Warfare in the Southern Philippines; Self Awareness: Getting the Ground Truth from Evaluators; Sustaining the Special Forces Soldier
188 hits
09.01.2006
The Virtual Battlefield; PSYOP Transformed; Understanding Unconventional Warfare and U.S. Army Special Forces; Branch Out; Hard as Nail
400 hits
07.01.2006
In Sync; The Changing Face of Civil Affairs; Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense and Why Words Matter; 18Xs Make Mark; In the Shadow: Chinese Special Forces Build a 21st-Century Fighting Force; Virtual Instructors Lead Transformation... more
208 hits
05.01.2006
Afghanistan's Rocky Road to Stability; Diver on Deck; Bound by Honor; Intelligent Design; In Fighting Form; On Target: SWCS Poised to Meet SF Growth; The Listener; GoArmyEd; Courage Under Fire
212 hits
03.01.2006
Brokering Peace in Sudan; Living in the Digital Age; 96th Civil Affairs Transforms to Meet Global Demand; From the Field to the Classroom, Navy Corpsman Shines
353 hits
01.01.2006
Special Forces Legend Dies; SWCS Dedicates Bank Hall; Transforming Robin Sage; Army Approves New SF Warrant Officer Training; SERE in Transition; Training Our Allies
254 hits
11.01.2005
Avoding 'Feel Good' Civil-Military Operations; An Institutional Icon; Combat-advising the ANA; Pipeline Transformation; SWCS's Finest; Going South; A Team Defined
211 hits
09.01.2005
Strategic Counterinsurgency Modeling; Language Transformation Plan to Build Culturally Savvy Soldiers; Serving a Nation at War; Good Cops, Bad Cops, Carrots and Sticks; Brown: Trust Transcends the Chaos of War; Special-Operations Forces'... more
274 hits
07.01.2005
SFQC Phase II: Building a Warrior; Understanding Training, Transformation and Warfare; Military Cultural Education: Necessary Part of Soldier-Development Programs; The SF Intelligence Sergeant: Ensuring His Continuity and Effective Training; CA... more
184 hits
04.01.2005
The Evolution of Special Operations Joint Fires; Joint Fires and Training for ARSOF; Jont Fires, the Joint Fires Element and the CGRS: Keys to Success for CJSOTF-West; The Whole-Man Concept: Assessing the SF Soldier of the Future; G-Staff... more
194 hits
02.01.2005
Raising the Bar: The Transformation of the SF Training Model; Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in the 21 Century: Reconceptualizing Threat and Response; 19th SF Group Utilizes MCA Missions to Train Afghan National Army Battalions; Special Forces... more
222 hits
12.01.2004
Understanding Counterinsurgency; Insurgency and Counterinsurgency in Iraq; OPATT: The U.S. Army Advisers in El Salvador; A Structural Analysis of the Ethnic Insurgency in Burma; Insurgency in Iraq: A Soldier's Perspective
248 hits
09.01.2004
Why the Philippines?: ARSOF's Expanded Mission in the War on Terror; A Century of Turmoil: America's Relationship with the Philippines; Multiple Insurgent Groups Complicate Philippine Security; Rugged Terrain Makes Philippine Islands Haven for... more
264 hits
05.01.2004
2nd Battalion, 1st SWTG: Sharpening the Edge of the Spear; Blending Technology With Warrior Skills: Co. A, 2nd Battalion, 1st SWTG; Training SF Advanced Skills in the Air: Co. B, 2nd Battalion, 1st SWTG; The SF Underwater Operations School: Co.... more
187 hits
02.01.2004
Major Combat and Restoration Operations: A Discussion; Demobilization: The SF Detachment's Role in Assessing Infrastructure Development; Officer Professional Development: Civil Affairs Branch; Officer Professional Development: Psychological... more
